[CentOS] Evolution Question?

Fri Jun 12 08:45:05 UTC 2009
Sorin Srbu <sorin.srbu at orgfarm.uu.se>

>-----Original Message-----
>From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On
Behalf
>Of Jeff
>Sent: Friday, June 12, 2009 12:40 AM
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>Subject: Re: [CentOS] Evolution Question?
>
>>> I have a CentOS 5.3 Desktop and use Evolution to read mailing lists .
>>> When i move from one read letter to another(either deleting or clicking
>>> next  the Message pane flickers. How can i stop this because it is hard
>>> on my eyes when i have a few emails to read?
>>
>> Increase the scan frequency of your monitor maybe? I've seen this in
lists
>> generally with thousands of entries and the gfx-card can't keep up. Most
>> often upping the scan frequency solved this issue. I've also seen this on
>> computers that are a bit, ummm, underpowered. ;-)
>>
>> If you have an Nvidia gfx-card, try installing the proprietary drivers,
or
>> (recommended) dkms and the dkms-Nvidia*-package.
>>
>> YMMV.
>>
>Thanks for the reply. My card is a GeForce FX5200 is there an easy way
>to set it up as there seem to be a few options? Not sure how to increase
>scan frequency? is it dangerous?

Did you install either the dkms-Nvidia-package or the proprietary Nvidia
driver package? Shouldn't matter anyway, as both install a "Nvidia X Server
settings"-applet. With this you can change resolutions, scan frequencies and
whatnot.

Dangerous? Well, yes. If you set too high a frequency you might damage the
monitor. For flatscreens the most common frequency is 50 (older standard
IIRC) or 60Hz (most common nowadays). CRT's can vary between 60 to 120Hz.
Most common AFAICT is the 75-85Hz range.

Your flickering thing might also be because of a too high set screen
resolution. Start with 1024x768 and 75ish Hz and go up stepwise. See if it
gets better.
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/Sorin
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